table of contents
- Drive away sparrows
- Keep the garden and terrace clean
- Make the garden unattractive
- Protection against sparrows through optical influences
- Use ultrasonic waves
- Create alternatives
- frequently asked Questions
If there are sparrows in the area of the house, it can get noisy and dirty. The birds are sociable, rarely hold their bills and drop their droppings. Sparrows may be driven out sustainably.
In a nutshell
- Defense against sparrows succeeds with sounds and optical means
- Constantly pets and children in the garden can disturb sparrows that they can be chased away so gently
- Sparrows' nests may not be removed or relocated
- Sparrows are on the red list of critically endangered species
- Create alternatives for brooding in a corner of the garden far from the house
Drive away sparrows
If a sparrow gets lost in the garden or by the house from time to time, this is usually hardly a problem. However, sparrows tend to form schools and live in large colonies. This inevitably means that it can get very noisy and dirty around the home. Especially balconies, terraces and roofs are affected by this. However, sparrows must not simply be hunted, only gently driven away:
- different sounds can help
- Wind chimes on the roof
- Bells on the balcony
- loud rattling wind turbines
- place where sparrows sit
- but can also have a disruptive effect on people
Note: Did you know that the 20th March 2010 as World Sparrow Day by "Nature Forever Society", an Indian Conservation organization, was brought into being with the worldwide decline of small birds can be made aware?
Keep the garden and terrace clean
Sparrows live not only on small insects, but also on everything that we humans eat and, under certain circumstances, distribute on the terrace or garden. The birds have long since entered into a symbiosis with humans and therefore prefer to stay where they hope for additional food:
- Clean tables after eating
- also sweep up the floor
- remove all crumbs
- Sparrows are attracted by this
- once there, they don't go away so easily
Note: If you remove or relocate a sparrow's nest without the approval of the authorities, this can result in a fine, especially if it contains eggs or young animals.
Make the garden unattractive
If no sparrows are desired in the garden, then this can be made particularly unattractive. However, in such a case it must be assumed that other birds will also avoid the environment that are actually useful against pests:
- Get pets
- Let dogs and cats run in the garden
- small children scare away the animals too
- there is too much restlessness for the sparrows
- remove nesting areas in winter
- close corresponding places under the roof
- cover long hedges with fleece in winter
- Sparrows have no way of building nests here
- Seal holes in high walls
Tip: A garden with sparrows is a near-natural garden in which other birds as well as hedgehogs, lizards and other small animals like to hang out. Conversely, this means that you have fewer problems with pests.
Protection against sparrows through optical influences
In addition to noises, sparrows, like all other birds, react to optical influences that can gently drive them away. These optical means can easily be made yourself with just a few utensils, or they can be purchased from specialist retailers or hardware stores:
- hang up old CDs
- from computer or music
- around the house and in the garden
- reflective sunlight acts as a deterrent
- hang up appropriate wind chimes
- Metal spirals from the trade
- Placing dummies of crows on balcony
- natural enemies of the sparrows
Tip: Many utensils, such as old CDs for sparrow repellent, are probably still lying in a cupboard and no longer need them. This is a quick and effective way to drive the sparrows away.
Use ultrasonic waves
Driving away sparrows can also be done gently with special ultrasound devices from specialist dealers. These are a little more expensive than the other sparrow repellants presented, but can also be very effective:
- purchase battery-operated devices
- can be set up anywhere
- a certain area is covered
- pay attention to the manufacturer's instructions
- send ultrasound between 12 and 24 kHz
- normally inaudible to humans
- unpleasant sound for sensitive hearing
- Sparrows avoid the sonicated areas
Create alternatives
When the sparrows around the house nest and are more annoying here, then alternatives can be created for them at the edge of the garden that the birds will be happy to accept. So the house with terrace and balcony is spared, but the garden is still alive with birds:
- create several nesting sites in the corner of the garden
- Suitable for a hedge or wall with many holes
- Acquire a special sparrow row house
- Sparrows don't like to be alone
- always live in colonies
- nests are also close together
- attract with seeds here
- Hemp seeds, chopped nuts or sunflower seeds
frequently asked Questions
Like all other native bird species, sparrows are also protected by the Federal Nature Conservation Act. Therefore, the nests must not be destroyed under any circumstances. Harassment during brooding is also prohibited. So you are not allowed to remove a sparrow's nest without further ado and not relocate it. The birds do not find the nests again. Approval is only given in very special cases.
The lower nature conservation authority of your city or municipality is responsible for this. However, a permit for the removal of sparrow nests is only given in extreme cases. This includes when a large number of nests could be expected to cause damage to the building. Health concerns from the feces that accumulate can also be a reason here. However, this is decided differently from state to state.
Bird spikes are weather-resistant stainless steel that is attached to a long iron bar as small iron rods with an uncomfortable point. These spikes are suitable on roof overhangs, walls or gutters to drive away sparrows, as the birds generally no longer have a chance of a comfortable landing spot. However, the experience of recent years has shown that the animals come to terms with the spikes and simply land between the bars.
